From Gold Rahman, Lokoja ConfusionÂ and tension has erupted in the Eastern part of Kogi state as, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in the state has demanded justice and compensation for the killing of 32 cows worth N10 million at Umomi community in the state. The state Chairman of the association, Mallam Abubakar Jalido...

By Ahmed Ajiboye Over 11,000 Nigerian pilgrims for this year’s hajj have so far been airlifted to Saudi Arabia from 27 shuttlesÂ across the country out of the expected figure of 59, 647 visa applications. The summary of the airlift of pilgrims as at noon yesterday showed that airlift operations had commenced in seven departure...

By Ahmed Ajiboye & Ahmed ‘Lateef Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday in llorin tasked Kwarans to give peace a chance and become proponents and promoters of the harmony for which the state is known. The governor who emphasised the importance of peace to the development of any nation at a Peace summit in llorin,...

From Gold Rahman, Lokoja It was a mild drama at a magistrateâ€™s court in Lokoja when a 49 year old farmer, Gabriel Ajor was arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja by the police for allegedly abducting and selling seven children including his two sons and eight months old baby for the sum...

By Ahmed Ajiboye & Zarumi Mashood The first batch of 505 Kwara State pilgrims was yesterday airlifted to Saudi Arabia for the commencement of the 2016 Hajj operation. The pilgrims who put on same clothes left the llorin International Airport to Saudi Arabia at about 7am on a Saudi-based airline, Flynass airline. The pilgrims from...

By Kunle Akogun The appointment of the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede (OFR), as the new Registrar of the beleaguered Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is heartwarming as it is reassuring. Heartwarming because it is like a Daniel coming to justice; and reassuring because it is an...

A Soft Sell News Magazine, the distinguished Nigerian based in Abuja is out today with its 4th quarterly edition, celebrating the recent court victory of Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Esuwoye II at the Supreme Court. The magazine which started nine years ago is published by a Kwaran, Gbenga Adesina an indigene of Offa. He...

By Zarumi Mashood The Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday directed its House Committees on Public Account and Finance and Appropriation to carry out a thorough review of 2016 budget implementation. The directive was sequel to a motion raised by the House Leader, Hon Hassan Oyeleke on the review of 2016 budget implementation at first...

By Jibril Issa Itâ€™s no longer news that the only option for Nigeriaâ€™s path to diversification of her economy is agriculture after years of dependence on oil. And what began like a state affair in 2013, has now graduated to a national agenda. In 2013, the Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan championed the â€˜Delta...

By Ahmed â€˜Lateef Dividing Nigeria along ethnic, regional and religious lines remains biggest threat to mutual and peaceful co-existence of the country, Kwara State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Alhaji Mahmud Babatunde Ajeigbe, declared in Ilorin yesterday. He explained that some Nigerians hiding under the guise of ethnic nationalities were through actions and inactions promoting...

By Olatidoye Akeem No fewer than 12 females were among the 74 suspects arrested in connection with hard drugs peddling by the Kwara State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The suspects were nabbed between January and July this year with 391.26 kilogramme of hard drugs. The State Commander of NDLEA, Mr...

The total withdrawal of subsidy on kerosene otherwise known, dual purpose kerosene (DPK) has relaxed hitherto the scarcity in some filling stations that sell the commodity to members of the public. AHMED ‘LATEEF reports on the lingering price inconsistency and situation on the product in Ilorin That the growing inflation in all aspects of the...

By Ahmed Ajiboye Ahead of the commencement of the 2016 Hajj airlift operation, a team of 52 NAHCON officials including medical personnel has departed for Saudi Arabia as part of the Advance Team to this year’s Holy Pilgrimage to Makkah. The team, according to a statement signed by coordinator, National Media Team, Alhaji Mousa Ubandawaki...

Kwara State government says it has so far disbursed the sum of N430,388,359.24 as subventions to seven of the state-owned tertiary institutions in 2016, noting that an outstanding balance of N86,996,421.7 will be released this month. The institutions include the Kwara State University (KWASU); Kwara State Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Oro and Lafiagi; Kwara...

The Kwara State government yesterday clarified that â€œit is not owing pensionsâ€, stressing that â€œit is up to date with payment of salaries and entitlements to state workers and retireesâ€. This clarification followed a media report which suggested that some pensioners in the state had died since April, 2015 as a result of unpaid pension...

The Chairman of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Tajudeen Sulu-Oloje says with the increase of allocation from the federation account, all backlog of worker’s salaries will be offset before the end of his administration. Alhaji Sulu-Oloje who gave the assurance at the weekend in his office in an interview with journalists,...

By Zarumi Mashood The Kwara State House of Assembly will on Tuesday, resume plenary after its two months annual recess. The House began its annual recess since June 14, but was however suspended on Tuesday, July 12 for an emergency plenary on state matters. Iissues considered during the emergency plenary were Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed’s requests...

A 21-year-old student, Taiwo Gabriel of MFM Area, Tanke-Odo, Ilorin, who allegedly trespassed into the premises of University of Ilorin, Ilorin, has been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court. The accused allegedly on August 2 trespassed into Block 1 building of University of Ilorin, Ilorin and posed to be a student of the institution. The...

Two persons, Idris Mohammed, 46 of Agbarigidoma Street, Oloje Area, Ilorin and Offorma Ndukwe, 38 of No. 32, Taiwo Isale, Ilorin, who were arrested for alleged vandalisation and stealing of high tension cable, have appeared before an Ilorin Chief Magistrate Court. The accused appeared before the court on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, theft...

Two teenagers, Sulyman Babatunde, 19 of Oko-Olowo and Mustapha Jimoh, 18 of Tegbs, both of Ilorin, Kwara State, who were allegedly found in possession of 106 wraps of leave suspected to be India hemp, have been remanded at the Federal Medium Security Prison, Mandala, Ilorin. The order to remand the accused was made by an...